264: Bloodstained Rakshasa

"Die!"

Tu Lie, having gained the upper hand, raised his massive blade again, carrying the conviction of a killing blow. His Blood Aura condensed into the phantom image of a ferocious tiger's head, roaring as it lunged to bite down!

Blood Slaughter: Tiger Devour!

On the other side...

The moment the Tu Family attacked, the Evil Spirit Cult's assault also descended!

The Soul-Summoning Banner in Elder Gui Ku's hand waved fiercely!

"Ten Thousand Souls Devour Spirits!"

Wooo—!

Piercing ghost howls instantly filled the entire space!

Striking directly at the Divine Soul!

Countless semi-transparent, twisted, wailing vengeful spirits surged out from the Soul-Summoning Banner like a breached black tide!

They ignored defenses, carrying bone-chilling coldness and curses that eroded the Divine Soul, frantically pouncing towards Di Wushang!

Simultaneously, the bone flutes held by the seven or eight Evil Spirit Cultists on the roof emitted sharp screeches. Waves of invisible Vengeful Soul Chains and highly toxic Soul-Devouring Thorns shot silently towards Di Wushang's vital points!

Di Wushang, at the center of the storm, the ghostly light of his Asura Demonic Eyes shone brightly!

"Hmph!"

A cold snort swept through like an icy current...

The dark Asura Baleful Qi around him erupted, even more condensed and severe than before!

Asura Battle Domain, Activate!

A dark force field, almost substantial, with a diameter of about ten feet, suddenly expanded centered on him!

Within the force field, countless tiny Asura runes flowed, emitting a terrifying aura of suppressing everything and destroying all evil!

The vengeful spirits that rushed into the force field range screamed tragically as if they had hit an invisible furnace, instantly being scorched and turning into wisps of green smoke!

Those invisible Vengeful Soul Chains and Soul-Devouring Thorns were disintegrated by the Evil Qi the moment they touched the force field!

"Petty tricks, daring to show off in front of an expert?" Di Wushang's voice was like the cold wind from the Nine Hells...

His figure flickered, leaving behind an afterimage being struck by vengeful spirits in place, while his true body moved like a phantom behind an Evil Spirit Cultist playing a bone flute on the left roof!

The asura god-slaying spear was thrust out silently, a point of ghostly light condensing on the tip!

"Asura: Soul Pierce!"

Puchi!

The spear tip pierced the back of the cultist's head as easily as poking through a water bubble!

No blood splashed, only a dense black Qi was instantly swallowed by the spear shaft!

The cultist's body stiffened, the green light in his eyes instantly extinguished, and he fell straight off the roof.

"Be careful!" Elder Gui Ku shouted in shock and anger, shaking the Soul-Summoning Banner rapidly. A Vengeful Spirit General, condensed from dense vengeful Qi and wielding a massive axe, roared as it lunged at Di Wushang!

Di Wushang didn't even look, his left hand formed into a claw, grasping in mid-air!

Asura Ghost Claw!

Five claw shadows tore through the air, fiercely grabbing the chest of the Vengeful Spirit General!

Chira!

Like tearing rotten cloth! The Vengeful Spirit General let out a roar of unwillingness, instantly torn to shreds and turning into dissipating vengeful Qi!

"Form up! Trap and kill him!" Gui Ku shrieked.

The remaining Evil Spirit Cultists quickly gathered, their Magical Artifacts shining together to form a dark green Vengeful Soul Cage, where countless curse runes flickered, attempting to lock Di Wushang inside.

"Cough, cough..." Di Lingxiao leaned on his spear, struggling to stand up from the shattered pile of stones. Blood foam accompanied every breath.

Tu Lie's massive blade swept towards him again with a gust of stench!

Army Breaker: Earth Shaker!

He forcibly summoned the meager Spiritual Qi remaining, causing the dragon fall spear to erupt with unyielding golden light as he met the attack head-on!

Clang!!!

A deafening explosion!

Di Lingxiao's arms vibrated violently, the web between his thumb and forefinger completely torn open, and the dragon fall spear nearly flew from his grasp!

The ground beneath his feet exploded, his legs sinking deep into the broken stones!

Tu Lie's strength was too immense!

Combined with the suppression of the battle formation, he was completely at a disadvantage!

"Kneel for me!" Tu Lie sneered, pressing his massive blade down hard onto the dragon fall spear, the violent Blood Aura crushing down like a mountain range!

Two other Heaven-Reaching Realm Tenth Level experts from the Tu Family attacked like ghosts from both sides!

One held a pair of hooks, the blades flashing with eerie blue poison light, aiming directly for Di Lingxiao's ribs!

The other swung a blood-colored chain covered in barbs, which coiled around Di Lingxiao's legs like a venomous snake!

Blood Slaughter Chain: Coil!

Bone-Corroding Poison Hook: Die!

A fatal situation!

Di Lingxiao's eyes were split with rage!

The power within his body was nearly exhausted from the previous clash. The recovery speed of his Undying Battle Body could not keep up with these continuous, devastating strikes!

The shadow of death had never felt so clear!

"Roar—!!"

He let out a roar of unwillingness, his golden Qi and blood burning recklessly, attempting one last struggle!

However, the strange binding power contained within the blood-colored chain had already wrapped around his ankles, and the venomous hooks were just inches away!

Tu Lie's massive blade pressed down from above, intending to cleave him in two!

At this critical juncture!

Asura: Phantom Prison!

An icy voice exploded across the chaotic battlefield like thunder!

Buzz—!

The light in the entire alley suddenly distorted and dimmed!

Countless illusory and real figures of Di Wushang, emanating dense Asura Baleful Qi, appeared out of thin air in various parts of the battlefield like phantoms!

Every figure held a long spear, their killing aura surging to the heavens!

Instantly filling everyone's vision!

The intense illusionary fluctuations mixed with real killing intent caused the Tu Family experts surrounding Di Lingxiao, including Tu Lie, to experience an extremely brief hesitation in their movements!

It was as if they had fallen into a slaughtering illusionary realm dominated by Asura!

This slight delay was the turning point between life and death for Di Lingxiao!

"Get away from me!" Di Lingxiao seized this fleeting opportunity, and the power squeezed to the limit within his body erupted!

Golden Qi and blood erupted like molten lava!

The blood-colored chain wrapped around his ankle was violently snapped!

He violently sidestepped, and the dragon fall spear swept upward diagonally!

Clang!

The poison hook grazed his ribs, drawing a streak of blood, but failed to be fatal!

At the same time, the tip of the dragon fall spear precisely struck the weak side of Tu Lie's massive blade!

A subtle force erupted!

Tu Lie only felt a soft yet immense force transmitted, causing the trajectory of his massive blade to be deflected by half a foot!

Boom!

The massive blade slammed heavily into the ground next to Di Lingxiao, carving a bottomless gully!

Stones splashed everywhere!

"Damn it!" Tu Lie was both shocked and furious!

He hadn't expected Di Wushang to be able to deploy such a subtle illusionary technique to interfere with them while simultaneously dealing with the Evil Spirit Cult's siege!

Di Wushang's true body had, at some unknown time, broken free from the entanglement of the Evil Spirit Cult's vengeful soul cage. The corpses of a few Evil Spirit Cultists fell from the roof, appearing not far from Di Lingxiao.

His face also showed a trace of paleness; clearly, casting this large-scale, high-level Asura illusionary technique had cost him greatly.

But his eyes were still as cold as ten-thousand-year-old profound ice, his Asura Demonic Eyes locked firmly onto Tu Lie and Elder Gui Ku.

"Can you still fight?" Di Wushang's gaze swept over the tragic wounds on Di Lingxiao's body.

"Not dead!" Di Lingxiao grinned, revealing blood-stained teeth. His eyes were fierce like a wounded ferocious Dragon, and golden Qi and blood rose on his skin again. Though weak, it was tenacious.

"Damn it, these bastards are harder to deal with than the beasts in the fighting arena!"

"Form up! Kill the Asura first!" Elder Gui Ku's shriek was filled with exasperation.

The Soul-Summoning Banner danced, and the remaining Evil Spirit Cultists and even more vengeful spirits condensed again, forming a stronger tide of vengeful souls, with the target fixed directly on Di Wushang!

He recognized that Di Wushang's illusionary technique and Asura Battle Domain were the greatest threats to the vengeful spirits!

Tu Lie also suppressed his shock and anger, pointing his massive blade: "Blood Slaughter Battle Formation, Annihilate! Leave none alive!" The Tu Family experts reformed their battle formation, blood-colored blade shadows connecting into a death net that enveloped both of them!

A desperate situation! A truly fatal predicament!

Over twenty Heaven-Reaching Realm experts, including three at the Tenth Level Peak and one mysterious and unpredictable Evil Spirit Elder, formed battle arrays to fully surround and kill two young men whose strength was already heavily depleted!

This was almost a certain death scenario!